Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The ease and rapidity with which an American collector of antiques can rush to Europe and squander fifteen hundred thousand dollars for trifles of remote historical interest strikes the mere proletarian with a sense of awe. Such a performance is in itself history--or it would have been, if the...
The collection numbers about 40 pieces, half of which consist of documents. The most interesting are: death mask from the matrix moulded by Dr. Antomarchi, Napoleon's doctor ; a letter from Antomarchi to Vignali; the last cup ever used by the ex-French Emperor, a silver goblet inscribed with...
Scene. At Potsdam, described as "a silk stocking district of Berlin," where the former Imperial Court held sway, princes of the blood royal, princes not of the royal blood, and strings of the lesser nobility, all with high sounding titles, went to the polls to record their votes. The election...
Henry's first offense against tradition was when he commanded the presence of Rabindranath Tagore, India's famed philosopher, and Nsang Shiaosho, China's great poet. The three conversed in the gardens of the Imperial Palace.
The work was begun in 1862, planned for five acts, never finished. Four acts were sketched out, but not orchestrated. The instrumentation was done by Tom-masini. The spectacles, upon which a whole school of painters, designers, costumers and stage managers have been engaged for more than a year, included...